The Great 8-Bit Gatsby

What happens when you combine Super Mario Bros. and the Great American Novel? "The Great Gatsby for NES." WSJ's Ben Cohen reports.

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I ... the what you get when you combine Super Mario Brothers and the great American novel ... the great Gatsby for a U S a Nintendo Style flash version ... of the classic by F Scott Fitzgerald ... for me in this edition ... created by Peter Mehlman Smith ... and Charlie who ... the caraway shoots leaders Harry martinis and God is calling chambers ... if you read the great Gatsby and then play the game you'll notice a bunch of stuff it's very specific ... to the tax and a lot of little into it ... in the same payment plan a bunch of Nintendo games ... I think that's why it may be ... that resonated especially for certain people ... the game is racked up about two a half million views since it was released the law in two years ago ... there's even a soundtrack available with titles inspired by the story like that Greenlight Rhapsody ... in such beautiful shirts ... I ... now with this week's release of the FAA's move in the ... starring Leonardo DiCaprio ... interest in the retro style video and his biking again ... as of the novel will recognize all of the iconic look ... rendered in classic in its stock ... it also seems like the funniest disparity between form and content the subtlety ... of the book is completely lost ... in translation at the same but there's a lot of there a lot of opportunities for comedy ... there's doubts please mention ... the value that his ... Speakeasy NEW YORK ... Weimar will chime ... in the West a beach ... to which are typically seen thinner there must NSN most memorable and most graphically interesting ... but so far the game hasn't earned its creators anything close to death his fortune ... the fish overstates still owns the US copyright on at Scott's masterpiece ... and the book will enter the public domain until twenty twenty was ... about as long as it will take for some players to finally be thinking ... for The Wall Street Journal this is Ben Cohen in New York ...